Turning the Tide: How West Africa Is Reasserting Its Food Sovereignty Through Aquaculture By Sidi Tiémoko Touré and Essam Yassin Mohammed Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/turning-the-tide-how-west-africa-is-reasserting-its-food-sovereignty-through-aquaculture/ ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Feb 19 2026 (IPS) - It is an indictment on the global food system that, despite having some of the richest and most endowed natural resources in the world and a burgeoning youth population, West Africa spends more than $2 billion a year importing aquatic foods to feed its people, almost half of which is spent by Côte d’Ivoire alone. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.